Neowin News Feed for: Dos

Microsoft explains how you can run MS-DOS 4.00 that it officially open sourced today

Sayan Sen — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:38:02 +0000

Microsoft earlier today, in collaboration with IBM, announced that it is open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code. The company has explained what was special about it and how to run it. Read more...

Perhaps the earliest ancestor of Microsoft DOS and Windows just arrived on the Internet

Sayan Sen — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 23:56:01 +0000

The earliest known version of 86-DOS, which is basically the great grandfather of Microsoft DOS has arrived on the internet, thanks to a tech enthusiast who has uploaded the version to the Archive. Read more...

New VS Code extension allows you to build DOS games in a flash

Dean Howell — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 17:06:01 +0000

This new VS Code plugin gives you the power to develop the DOS game you've always dreamed of using entirely free tools. Ring in the new year by bringing your retro ideas to life with "dos-dev". Read more...

CyberTeam hacking group knocks Skype offline for some users

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 23:54:02 +0000

A hacking group, going by the name of CyberTeam, was responsible for Skype's downtime since Monday. The attack appears to be winding down but now they're getting ready to hit Steam with a DDoS attack. Read more...

Microsoft fires back at media outlets claiming the demise of the Command Prompt

Joel Shedroff — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 17:06:01 +0000

Microsoft took to MSDN to shoot down a rumor spread by numerous sites claiming the removal of the ubiquitous command prompt, while clarifying the misreported change. Read more...

Windows 95 running on an Xbox One is slightly mad, but strangely pleasing

Andy Weir — Wed, 18 May 2016 16:10:01 +0000

After the ancient OS appeared on an Apple Watch last month, you can now witness the spectacle of 'Duke Nukem 3D' running on Windows 95 through a DOS emulator converted to a UWP app on the Xbox One. Read more...

D-Fend Reloaded 1.4.3

Razvan Serea — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:58:02 +0000

D-Fend Reloaded provides everything you need to run old DOS games (D-Fend Reloaded GUI, DOSBox, language files, FreeDos commandline tools). Read more...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Windows 3.0

Chris Dupres — Fri, 22 May 2015 09:18:01 +0000

The first version of Windows that regular users would recognize as a familial member of the ubiquitous operating system turned 25 today, originally launching May 22, 1990. Read more...

Bug in ancient e-voting machines impact Belgium election

Christopher White — Tue, 27 May 2014 05:00:00 +0000

A bug with e-voting machines in Belgium has raised havoc with the country's election process, causing a temporary halt until the developers can find and fix the flag in the DOS-based machines. Read more...

GitHub down due to DoS attack [Update]

Paul Ferson — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 02:00:54 +0000

GitHub, a major sharing site for developers, has been targeted for a Denial of Service attack. At present there is no clear evidence on what individual or groups are responsible for the action. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: The rise and fall of the MSX

Tyler Holman — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:03:22 +0000

Trivia Tuesday is back, so join us as we delve into the history of one of Microsoft's more obscure products, the mysterious MSX platform that took Japan and South America by storm in the mid-'80s. Read more...

Retro Wednesday: Duke Nukem

Tyler Holman — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:18:45 +0000

Long before Duke Nukem was famous for killing pigs and tipping strippers, he was famous for... hopping around colorful 2D environments? Retro Wednesday explores the obscure origins of Duke Nukem. Read more...

IBM and Microsoft's OS/2 turns 25 today

John Callaham — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:47:06 +0000

25 years ago today, IBM and Microsoft announced OS/2, the PC operating system that was designed to replace DOS but failed to do so, thanks mostly to Microsoft's efforts to improve Windows. Read more...

Blogger blames Russia

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:09:53 +0000

A blogger who has been slammed for the attacks against Twitter and Facebook has told the BBC that he blames Russia for the assault. Known more famously by his net name 'Cyxymu', the alleged cyber... Read more...

Patch Tuesday: Five critical for August 2009

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:50:52 +0000

Microsoft has issued an advanced security bulletin for August 2009 with five of the nine bulletins marked as "critical" and four are labelled as "important". These five critical patches are to patch remote code execution... Read more...

Twitter suffers Denial of Service attack

Brian Blasius — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:39:23 +0000

Twitter was hit with a Denial of Service (DoS) attack earlier today, causing the site to go down for about 2 hours. Services were restored by 11:30 a.m. EST. A DoS attack is an attempt... Read more...